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When Supreme Court Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts retired in 1945, Truman decided to appoint a Republican as a bipartisan gesture. Truman had first met Harold Hitz Burton in 1941, when Burton was elected to the United States Senate, where Truman was then serving.
Harry S. Truman. Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Harry S. Truman during his presidency. [1] In total Truman appointed 133 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 27 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 102 judges to the United States ...
Truman's first choice for his running mate was Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, hoping that it might make the ticket more appealing to liberals. Douglas refused the nomination. Needing an alternative, Truman then selected Senator Alben W. Barkley from Kentucky , who had delivered the convention's keynote address , as his running mate ...
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), also commonly referred to as the Steel Seizure Case or the Youngstown Steel case, [1] was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that limited the power of the president of the United States to seize private property.
Truman touted Minton's extensive law education and his years of experience on the circuit courts as the reason for his nomination. [2] The Senate formally received the nomination that same day. [3] Minton was the first United States Supreme Court nominee to hail from the state of Indiana. [4]
The high court's reversal of Truman's order was his most notable legal defeat. [272] The Supreme Court decision left the country with the possibility of a critical steel shortage, but Truman was able to convince the steel managers and organized labor to reach a settlement in July 1952. [273]
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; In office August 24, 1949 – June 12, 1967 [1] Nominated by: Harry S. Truman: Preceded by: Frank Murphy: Succeeded by: Thurgood Marshall: 59th United States Attorney General; In office June 27, 1945 – July 26, 1949: President: Harry S. Truman: Preceded by: Francis Biddle: Succeeded ...
James Francis Byrnes (US: / ˈ b ɜːr n z / BURNZ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina.A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, most prominently as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman.